India Records First Coronavirus Death Posthumously

India has recorded its first death due to coronavirus after a 76-year-old man who passed away on Tuesday tested positive for the coronavirus posthumously. The Karnataka health department confirmed the same on Thursday evening.

The 76-year-old man had returned from Saudi Arabia on February 29. He had arrived in Hyderabad and then travelled to Kalaburagi. On March 5, he was admitted to the out-patient department of a private hospital in Kalaburagi. 

Update: 2020-03-12 17:18 GMT

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